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June 2021

June 30, 2021

He Was A Bad Bad Father

Jesus consulting his "Sermon Team" of 12 to see what they can come up with....

June 24, 2021

Propaganda Does Not Make Good Art

Me longing to read a really good book. This is really good, though not what...

June 23, 2021

I Think I Came To The End Of The Internet

I was literally having a hard time waking up this morning, and then I came...

June 22, 2021

A New And Better Kind Of Man

If you haven't gotten around to reading Jesus and John Wayne, K du Mez has...

June 18, 2021

7 Takes on The Self, The Longings, The Chosen, and The Algorithms

Is it Friday? Looks like it. After a week of excessively light blogging, let's see...

June 17, 2021

Three Things On Thursday

Hahaha, our tent doesn't look like this. Thing One My very dear grandfather is turning...

June 16, 2021

Anne’s Quiz To Help You Figure Out If You Are Flourishing Or Not

Jesus taking the NYTimes quiz to find out whether or not he is "flourishing." Well,...

June 10, 2021

Bathsheba, the New Atheists, and All the Cheetahs

I haven't got a lot of time this morning because, well, we complicated everything by...

June 09, 2021

What Use Is Fear?

This guy doesn't look scary. In my wandering around the internet, I found this, a...

June 08, 2021

If I Get A Kitten I’ll Name It Lilibet

Mother Earth waiting for us to go away and leave her alone. Somehow I missed...

June 03, 2021

For Pride Month Eschew Pride

Don't worry, I'm not going to talk about Pride all month, even though it is...

June 02, 2021

Peonies and Pride Month

Well, it's pride month, which around here doesn't mean much because those little flags are...

May 2021

May 27, 2021

The Body Does Matter

I was reading a lot of LeaveLoud tweets and feeling very discouraged about the state...

May 25, 2021

Some Things On Tuesday

Me reading the news this morning. There seems to be tumult all over the world...

May 20, 2021

A Broom and a Tax Collector

"She cleaned other people's houses, her own she could not clean." That was my thought...

May 19, 2021

I’m Not Angry With You For Being Angry

Besides finishing Phineas Redux and immediately downloading and hitting play on The Prime Minister, at...

May 18, 2021

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Well, it seems like there is a lot going on this morning. Mr. Cuomo is...

May 14, 2021

7 Dubious Takes About Science and Technology

It's Friday, so let's see, are there any takes? One This is a wonderful and...

May 13, 2021

Glennon, Gwyneth, and Jesus on a Throne

It's the Feast of the Ascension--that surprising day when Jesus rose up into heaven and...

May 12, 2021

An Interlude in the Garden

The world seems such a wretched mess this morning I think I had better turn...

May 07, 2021

Anne Against Machines

Oh, is it Friday? And It's already nine o'clock. I don't think I can get...

May 06, 2021

If You Don’t Want To Buy A “Nap Dress” You Can Try Reading Your Bible

Update: The tweet I talk about below, attributed to Chelsea Clinton, is probably not by...

May 05, 2021

An Egalitarian Patriarchy

This is fun. Instagram is thinking of a way to let you hide all your...

May 04, 2021

If You’re All By Yourself

I know I linked this yesterday—did I? can’t even remember—but then I went back and...

April 2021

April 29, 2021

If You Don’t Have the Energy to Manifest Anything

I was wandering around youtube yesterday looking for more in the genre of What I...

April 28, 2021

When God Sets A Table In The Wilderness

Well, I finally did it. I bought a harness for Gloria the cat on Amazon....

April 16, 2021

6 Excessively Quick Takes

Is it Friday? I guess that means some takes. One Beth Allison Barr was interviewed...

April 15, 2021

Physician, Heal Thyself

I have an immense treat for you this morning. I happen to have a very clever...

April 14, 2021

This Old House and This New Dog

Me contemplating change of any kind. After not doing anything very exciting for a whole...

April 13, 2021

The Wodehouse Guide to Lament (…not really…)

I have writer's block. Not because I can't think of anything to say, but because...